Thursday, September 03, 2009

Turning Artsy

As blogging gets relegated to an increasingly less important activity on my online program, I find myself discovering newer ways of self-expression. One of these being this web-based application that lets you mix, match, collate and collage images at www.polyvore.com. Never having been any kind of dab hand at drawing, sketching, painting and the other things that are effectively known as art in school, I've often wondered if I have any creative, artistic instinct in me. Well, polyvore has let me happily explore and indulge that part of me. My four creations in as many days thus far.

My first - I initially thought the place was just about fashion which explains this rather unlikely montage from me. Steppin' out in style.


My second - I deliberately set out to create a vibrant burst of colours since the first one had been somewhat monochromatic. A happy patchwork this if I may say so - Music and Butterflies.


My third came about purely as a result of all the gorgeous jewellery pieces I picked up. What every woman wants - Bling it on, girl!


And this is something I made just an hour ago. The Angels called Home Too Soon. Brought on in a rather reflective frame of mind following the sudden heart attack death of a friend's wife yesterday. He paid a moving tribute to her saying she had always been both wife and mother to him and he could not imagine how he and their two young kids would possibly do without her.

By the way, this technique is called layering and I find it incredibly exciting to work with in the sense that it's possible for anyone to produce something close to a great piece of abstract art this way! Just loving every moment of this.


13 comments:

  1. Ka va lo leng lut khat ta emmm...
    I new discovery chu ka man ve thiam meuh lo.

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  2. very nice and artistic, especially the last one. maybe its time you changed your profession? and don't forget to invite me to your first exhibition :)

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  3. Miss jay, i thiam khawp mai. Kei nen in compare ta ila ka nau awm :). Karleh monday chu lokal la au.

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  4. Leng khat bawk a keipon ka update khat ve em bawk alom, samupa.

    Hehe plats, thanks. And sure I'll invite you if you promise to send me pictures from your first super modelling job :D

    Pictures nalh deuh2 awm sa rem khawm mai mai alom, vana. Nia dam chuan kan rawn kal ang. Min lo treat teuh don nia :)

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  5. ..and I thought polyvore was only about clothes .. never bothered to give it a peep

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  6. Looks really interesting and artsy. Like Ruol says, please inform me when you have your art exhibition too.

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  7. Lol I certainly will, mesjay.

    aduh, it's 80% clothes but there are some incredibly gifted people who concentrate on the art stuff.

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  8. I loved all of them.. esp. Angels called home too Soon, the colors match perfectly.. wouldn't mind seeing them on artsy magazines..

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  9. Thanks red, why don't you try out poly too? I remember your crayon pictures. Btw, after I posted the Angels picture here I realised how well the colours match my blog temp hehe.

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  10. hey loved your creative works..ka thiam ve duh...how do i go about it??..patea te chungchang i siam khi ka hnuk a ti ulh ve anih chu..ka chhiar/hmuh apiangin..

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  11. I love the last one.. Grunge look.. will check it out

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  13. Thanks Jes, just go to the site and sign up. mnowluck, grunge is the last thing I had in mind actually. pica, same here, I'm equally artless :)

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